Verse List for DEU 8:3

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OET (OET-RV) He humbled you by making you hungry and feeding you some stuff that neither you nor your ancestors had heard of, in order to teach you that people don’t just need food, but can only properly live by following what Yahweh says.

OET-LV And_he_humbled _you and_he_allowed _you _to _hunger and_he_caused _you _to _eat DOM[fn][fn][fn] the_manna which not you _had _known and_not they_had _known ancestors _of_your so _as to_make _you _know if/because _that not on the_bread for_him/it_being _alone he _lives the_humankind if/because on every _of (the)_utterance _of the _mouth _of YHWH he _lives the_humankind.

ULT And he humbled you and caused you to hunger and fed you manna, which you had not known and your fathers had not known, so that he might make you know that man does not live upon bread alone, but upon everything coming out of the mouth of Yahweh the man lives.

UST So he caused you to have problems. He allowed you to become hungry. Then he gave you manna, food from heaven, food that you and your parents had never eaten before. He did that to teach you that people need food for their bodies, but they also need food for their spirits. This comes from paying attention to everything that Yahweh says.

BSB & MSB He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither {you} nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.[fn]

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEBBE & WMBB He humbled you, allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know, that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the LORD’s mouth.

NET So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the Lord’s mouth.

LSV And He humbles you, and causes you to hunger, and causes you to eat the manna (which you have not known, even your fathers have not known), in order to cause you to know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything proceeding [from] the mouth of YHWH.

FBV He humbled you, and when you were hungry he gave you manna to eat, which nobody, including you and your forefathers, had ever had before. This was in order to make it clear to you that human beings do not live by only eating bread, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

T4T So he caused you to have/experience difficulties. He allowed you to become hungry. Then he gave you manna food from heaven, food that you and your ancestors had never eaten before. He did that to teach you that people need food for their bodies; but they also need food for their spirits, which comes from paying attention to everything that Yahweh says [MTY].

LEB And he humbled you and let you go hungry, and then he fed you with that which you did not know nor did your ancestors[fn] know, in order to make you know that not by bread alone but by all that goes out[fn] of the mouth of Yahweh humankind shall live.

BBE And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.

Moff No Moff DEU book available

JPS And He afflicted thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that He might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every thing that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

ASV And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

DRA He afflicted thee with want, and gave thee manna for thy food, which neither thou nor thy fathers knew: to shew that not in bread alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.

YLT 'And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.

Drby And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with the manna, which thou hadst not known, and which thy fathers knew not; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread alone, but by everything that goeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

RV And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every thing that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
(And he humbled thee/you, and suffered thee/you to hunger, and fed thee/you with manna, which thou/you knew not, neither did thy/your fathers know; that he might make thee/you know that man doeth/does not live by bread only, but by every thing that proceedeth/proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD doeth/does man live.)

SLT And he will humble thee, and cause thee to hunger, and will give thee to eat manna which thou knewest not, and thy fathers knew not; so that he caused thee to know that upon bread only man shall not live, but upon all going out of the mouth of Jehovah shall man live.

Wbstr And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

KJB-1769 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
(And he humbled thee/you, and suffered thee/you to hunger, and fed thee/you with manna, which thou/you knew not, neither did thy/your fathers know; that he might make thee/you know that man doeth/does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth/proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD doeth/does man live.)

KJB-1611 And he humbled thee, and suffred thee to hunger, and fed thee with Manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know: that he might make thee know, that man doth not liue by bread onely, but by euery word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man liue.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, & fed thee with Manna, which neither thou nor thy fathers knewe of, to make thee knowe that a man doth not lyue by bread only: but by euery worde that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lorde, doth a man lyue.
(He humbled thee/you, and suffered thee/you to hunger, and fed thee/you with Manna, which neither thou/you nor thy/your fathers knew of, to make thee/you know that a man doeth/does not live by bread only: but by every word that proceedeth/proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord, doeth/does a man live.)

Gnva Therefore he humbled thee, and made thee hungry, and fed thee with MAN, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know it, that he might teache thee that man liueth not by bread onely, but by euery worde that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord, doth a man liue.
(Therefore he humbled thee/you, and made thee/you hungry, and fed thee/you with MAN, which thou/you knew not, neither did thy/your fathers know it, that he might teach thee/you that man liveth/lives not by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth/proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord, doeth/does a man live.)

Cvdl He chastened the, and let the hunger, and fed the with Manna (which thou and thy fathers knewe not) to make the knowe, that man lyueth not by bred onely, but by all that proceadeth out of the mouth of the LORDE.
(He chastened/rebuked them, and let the hunger, and fed the with Manna (which thou/you and thy/your fathers knew not) to make the know, that man liveth/lives not by bread only, but by all that proceedeth/proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.)

Wycl And he turmentide thee with nedynesse, and he yaf to thee meete, manna which thou knewist not, and thi fadris `knewen not, that he schulde schewe to thee, that a man lyueth not in breed aloone, but in ech word that cometh `out of the Lordis mouth, `that is, bi manna, that cam down `at the heest of the Lord.
(And he tormentede thee/you with neediness, and he gave to thee/you meet, manna which thou/you knewist not, and thy/your fathers knew not, that he should show to thee/you, that a man liveth/lives not in bread alone, but in each word that cometh/comes out of the Lord’s mouth, that is, by manna, that came down at the heest of the Lord.)

Luth Er demütigte dich und ließ dich hungern, und speisete dich mit Man, das du und deine Väter nie erkannt hattest, auf daß er dir kundtäte, daß der Mensch nicht lebe vom Brot allein, sondern von allem, das aus dem Munde des HErr’s gehet.
(He humbled/humiliated you/yourself and left/let you/yourself starving, and dinese you/yourself with Man, the you(sg) and your fathers never recognised had, on/in/to that he you/to_you(sg) announce/bear_witnesstäte, that the/of_the person not live from_the bread alone/only, rather from everything, the out_of to_him mouth the LORD’s goes.)

ClVg Afflixit te penuria, et dedit tibi cibum manna, quod ignorabas tu et patres tui: ut ostenderet tibi quod non in solo pane vivat homo, sed in omni verbo quod egreditur de ore Dei.[fn]
(Afflixit you(sg) shortage, and he_gave to_you food manna, that ignorabas you(sg) and fathers yours(sg): as would_show to_you that not/no in/into/on alone pane he_lives man, but in/into/on all word that goes_out from/about vocally of_God.)

UHB וַֽ⁠יְעַנְּ⁠ךָ֮ וַ⁠יַּרְעִבֶ⁠ךָ֒ וַ⁠יַּֽאֲכִֽלְ⁠ךָ֤ אֶת הַ⁠מָּן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־יָדַ֔עְתָּ וְ⁠לֹ֥א יָדְע֖וּ⁠ן אֲבֹתֶ֑י⁠ךָ לְמַ֣עַן הוֹדִֽעֲ⁠ךָ֗ כִּ֠י לֹ֣א עַל־הַ⁠לֶּ֤חֶם לְ⁠בַדּ⁠וֹ֙ יִחְיֶ֣ה הָֽ⁠אָדָ֔ם כִּ֛י עַל־כָּל־מוֹצָ֥א פִֽי־יְהוָ֖ה יִחְיֶ֥ה הָ⁠אָדָֽם׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἐκάκωσέ σε, καὶ ἐλιμαγχόνησέ σε, καὶ ἐψώμισέ σε τὸ μάννα, ὃ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν οἱ πατέρες σου· ἵνα ἀναγγείλῃ σοι, ὅτι οὐκ ἐπʼ ἄρτῳ μόνῳ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ παντὶ ῥήματι τῷ ἐκπορευομένῳ διὰ στόματος Θεοῦ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος.

BrTr And he afflicted thee and straitened thee with hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might teach thee that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God shall man live.